Originally Posted by Aussie Quilter
This has been discussed on another list, and one lady found 3M disposable ear plugs / hearing protection from one of her local hardware stores.
Rather than the 80 plugs, the package actually uses PAIR as their unit of measure, so the package has 160 plugs, further reducing the price of the substitute to a small fraction of the Pinmoors. She ended up paying $13.45 USD, to get 160 plugs, and they do the same job.
But not as good. I have tried the earplugs, foam blocks and earring backs. I would have thought they were working fine if I hadn't use the Pinmoors first. So far nothing has done the job like the Pinmoors for me.